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May 5, 2014 13:49
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Hello, this patient has been admitted with a subarachnoid heamorrhage and I am not sure what this stands for in the context of reasons for admission "HSA FIV HHIV" and later "HSA FIV (volcado ventricular)"
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| 5 +1 | Fisher grade IV |
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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Fisher grade IV
The Fisher scale is used to grade the severity of subarachnoid hemorrhage on initial CT scan. Grade IV corresponds to intraventricular or intraparenchymal hemorrhage, which is consistent with "HHIV (volcado ventricular)".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subarachnoid_hemorrhage#Classif...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subarachnoid_hemorrhage#Classif...
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